In no particular order;
• No dates on employment history.
• Spelling errors.
• Poor school grades.
• Unexplained gaps in work history.
• Living outside of job “catchments” area with no explanation.
• Having no relevant experience for the job applied for.
• Too many colours or fonts.
• Delivered in unrecognizable format
• CVs delivered by post
• Recently completed a degree in an arts subject
I will not bore you with explaining each bullet point, suffice to say that without accurate clear information, delivered in a professional manner; your CV might be falling on recruiters desks and be immediately discarded.
If you need help with your CV, I can help. Get in touch via Ba Recruitment website.
I recently had to hand-deliver a back-up application as the Job Centre people had provided me with an incorrect email address, despite me reading it back to them. Plus the email which winged back to me showed the attached CV in the cloud had been totally skewed and bore no resemblance to the one that had been typed up carefully.
ReplyDeleteI really like your post. Always been very informational. I hope you’ll keep up the good work and maintain the standard.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck.